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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1960
Page
8
Alan Drury novel Advise and Consent wins Pulitzer and is adapted for stage by Loring Mandel. Broadway premiere planned for Cort Theater in New York with Ralph Bellamy named for the lead. Production may be sped up to capitalize on the prize.
Seneca FFA earned a top 10 state ranking in Chapter Cooperation and sent one member and an adviser on an all expense paid Canadian fishing trip to the State Future Farmers of America convention at the State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Lawrenceville led the group as top winner with four other chapters. Woodstock won the Chapter Safety program for the second time after 1958.
The Rev. Kenneth Mullen, pastor of St Patrick's church, ran out of gas and found aid from the next motorist. The driver was the Rev. Richard Reese, minister of the Methodist church at Somerset nearby.
World Lutheran leader Dr. Carl E. Lund-Quist says after four centuries Roman Catholics and Lutherans have not widened their dogma gap. A federation study may ease tensions in missionary work as joint theologian discussions could lessen friction in Asia Africa and South America. Lund-Quist attends the Augustana centennial synod where merger talks advance among several Lutheran bodies.
Airman Thomas H Hexdall son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hexdall of Morris is serving aboard the USS Essex based at Quonset Point Rhode Island after a May Brooklyn yard period completing the ships conversion from an attack aircraft carrier to an anti submarine carrier He and her crew will soon begin carrier qualifications and then host midshipmen for summer training cruises to the Caribbean and Canada Also James M Welsh son of Mr and Mrs George Welsh of 404 Railroad Street stationed in Korea was promoted to Specialist Fifth Class and expects to return to the United States in July or August
An X15 rocket plane exploded during a ground engine test at Edwards AFB California. Test pilot Scott Crossfield was unhurt and the craft was heavily damaged. North American Aviation said the blast will delay the X15 program by two or three months. Seward, Alaska, noted as a distant town in the text.
Forty Rainbow council Boy Scouts including four Morris boys plus one from Gardner and one from Braceville gather at Inwood Park for a two day shakedown campout. They practice camp setup and meals as they will at the National Jamboree near Colorado Springs Colorado later this summer. The Morris participants are Leonard Hoffman Peter Dummitt Douglas Gipes and Ronald Hummel. Chester Hall joins from Gardner and Robert Perino represents Braceville.
New York reporting notes Oscar Wilde warned producers may know price but miss value. Yet his plays like Lady Windermere's Fan A Woman of No Importance and The Importance of Being Earnest have repeatedly secured hit Broadway productions.
Fred MacMurray stars in The Absent Minded Professor with Walt Disney backing. The sci fi comedy follows a quirky savant who creates a weightlessness substance causing stunts like basketball lifts and a flying car. Disney rejects sequels and aims for a fresh hit after The Shaggy Dog.
Ralph Haldorson son of the late Charles and Gertrude Haldorson earned a BA in history from St Joseph College Rensselaer Indiana on June 2. Family and neighbors from Coal City attended the ceremony and joined a reception at the Skubic home in Carbon Hill. Also noted is a dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Roger Asham of Juliet with guests from Streator and nearby towns.
Actor recalls Disney’s focus on story over gags and notes a historic Hollywood arrangement. MacMurray moves from film to television starring in My Three Sons for ABC while signing a contract for 39 films in three months.
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